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Roberto Martínez left with crosses to bear

Southampton 3 Everton 0

Nick Szczepanik

December 22 2014, 12:01am, The Times

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Being without three of your best players might be a problem to most clubs, especially when contemplating the possibility of their worst run of defeats for 57 years. Southampton’s response on Saturday was to promote yet another teenage prospect from their academy, give him a key role in front of a revamped defence and watch him snuff out the threat posed by Everton’s all-international midfield.

Harrison Reed, 19, made his full debut look as easy as Southampton generally make it in unearthing young talent.